Obama is more prepared on energy than McCain!

John McCain hears Obama talk about how inflating tires is a great idea to conserve energy and the Republicans gleefully throw a party and call it inane and how offshore drilling is the future.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1829354,00.html?cnn=yes

Basically offshore drilling only gives us 1% more oil by 2030 while maintaining our tires can give us up to 4% more(energy efficient). Michelin is a leading company on this. They are one of the highest quality brands in the world. Goodyear isn't really good, they just advertise more.

Corvette just took the deal away from Goodyear to start using Michelin tires. This is for all the people who think Obama is lacking on his energy plan. Sure I think he should look into nuclear a little more, but he's got the right idea, and Obama needs to release an ad ASAP about how McCain thought that tire improvement was a bad idea.

Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...hokies1313

Now he does. Flippety-flop!

Wait a second... are you telling me tires are supposed to be INFLATED?!

[QUOTE="hokies1313"]Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...clicketyclick

Now he does. Flippety-flop!

Wait a second... are you telling me tires are supposed to be INFLATED?!

That, my friend, was nothing short of amazing.:lol:

Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...hokies1313

We call that a flip-flop.

Anyway, inflating tires is common sense. . . .you're supposed to do that anyway.:|

lol obama didnt invent the idea of tires being inflated i couldve sworn that was ford in the 30's lol and that's been on local news to keep your tires inflated, and obama is a liberal ofcourse hes not supporting offshore drilling, but good ol' McCain is drilling offshore which would be the smart thing

please all you obama fanatics on Off topic, think about what you're reading before you copy and paste and call your self a genius. :D

Um...seriously? Tires should be inflated...yeah Obama didn't invent that idea.:lol:LJS9502_basic

That was the stupidest energy solving crisis every by a candidate.

"inflating tires" oh WOW obama thanks a lot!

lol obama didnt invent the idea of tires being inflated i couldve sworn that was ford in the 30's lol and that's been on local news to keep your tires inflated, and obama is a liberal ofcourse hes not supporting offshore drilling, but good ol' McCain is drilling offshore which would be the smart thing

please all you obama fanatics on Off topic, think about what you're reading before you copy and paste and call your self a genius. :D

drumbreak1

Seriously.....

But overall, both candidates are disappointing.

Offshore drilling is stupid and worthless as much as "inflating tires"

we need a real energy crisis solving.

Nuclear energy, solar energy, wind energy, etc...

I agree that offshore drilling is not the solution. It doesn't address the underlying problem.sonicare

Yeah the offshore drilling is a load of BS, but if the Republicans want it as part of some sort of compromise package with real efforts that might help I don't have a problem with limited drilling.duxup

Obama is a Nazi...in 3 years if he becomes president you will see this written all over stop signs and vandilized on walls. I predicted the Bush thing too. I don't share opinions, I just predict them.arcticf0x8

Aren't you 14? Which would mean you predicted the "Bush thing" as a 6 year old? Riiight.

[QUOTE="hokies1313"]Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...Theokhoth

We call that a flip-flop.

Anyway, inflating tires is common sense. . . .you're supposed to do that anyway.:|

He never flip flopped on that, you really should do some basic research before making assumptions. His policy was always that oil companies should use the 70 million acres of land & offshore areas that they already have permits to drill in & haven't used yet.

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

[QUOTE="hokies1313"]Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...bdever32

We call that a flip-flop.

Anyway, inflating tires is common sense. . . .you're supposed to do that anyway.:|

He never flip flopped on that, you really should do some basic research before making assumptions. His policy was always that oil companies should use the 70 million acres of land & offshore areas that they already have permits to drill in & haven't used yet.

And if you want to talk about policy changes(flip-flops), then you should know McCain is the king of that.

He supports oil drilling for where the companies already have permits, but when it comes to expanding it, it's a different story.

From July 30

Now, Obama supports expanding it. From August 5.

It's a flip flop. Do your research.

[QUOTE="bdever32"][QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

[QUOTE="hokies1313"]Obama supports off shore drilling just as McCain does...Theokhoth

We call that a flip-flop.

Anyway, inflating tires is common sense. . . .you're supposed to do that anyway.:|

He never flip flopped on that, you really should do some basic research before making assumptions. His policy was always that oil companies should use the 70 million acres of land & offshore areas that they already have permits to drill in & haven't used yet.

And if you want to talk about policy changes(flip-flops), then you should know McCain is the king of that.

He supports oil drilling for where the companies already have permits, but when it comes to expanding it, it's a different story.

From July 30

I don't see any issue with what he said in that article. He wants them to use the permits they have and is against giving them more offshore permits. Sounds fine to me. In 10 years I don't want us to be relying on that. I'd rather we let the oil companies use what they have right now and in the meantime spend more money on research & development of new battery technology and putting up more wind and solar plants. Also research more into hydrogen fuel cell tech.

I don't see any issue with what he said in that article. He wants them to use the permits they have and is against giving them more offshore permits. Sounds fine to me. In 10 years I don't want us to be relying on that. I'd rather we let the oil companies use what they have right now and in the meantime spend more money on research & development of new battery technology and putting up more wind and solar plants. Also research more into hydrogen fuel cell tech.

bdever32

I updated my post.

[QUOTE="bdever32"]

I don't see any issue with what he said in that article. He wants them to use the permits they have and is against giving them more offshore permits. Sounds fine to me. In 10 years I don't want us to be relying on that. I'd rather we let the oil companies use what they have right now and in the meantime spend more money on research & development of new battery technology and putting up more wind and solar plants. Also research more into hydrogen fuel cell tech.

Theokhoth

I updated my post.

Thanks I didn't see that. That is disappointing actually. I still could never vote for McCain, but I don't like seeing Obama cave in.

Heh, it's a good idea of course, though it's obvious and nothing new. McCain was right when he said that it was more of a public service announcement. :lol: